Chief minister Tarun Gogoi on Monday made it plain and simple that his government wants 2014 voter list as one of the supportive documents to update the national registrar of citizens.
Responding to the legislators who asked him to clear his position, Gogoi said that the list would be required if the documents earlier announced by the Supreme Court are not available for an indigenous citizen.
He said that his government has already moved the Supreme Court for consideration which has not so far rejected the affidavit.
PermalinkSubmitted by MAITAOYA RICK on Tue, 11/08/2015 - 00:35
Mr. Tarun Gogoi is going mad because the assembly election of Assam is approaching. He is such a person who knows only vote bank politics. He is a useless Chief Minister of Assam who has no interest to protect the indigenous communities of Assam rather he is ready to protect the illegal Bangladeshis who entered illegally to our land. The vote bank politics of Congress in Assam will lead our state to be part of Bangladesh. Tarun Gogoi will sell Assam to Bangladesh and he along with his family will settlen down in London.
The Asom Gana Parishad leaders stage dharna in front of the Assam Assembly on Monday in protest against the retain the Bangladeshi vote bank by Congress government in Assam and the BJP-led government at the Centre. AGP legislators also join the dharna along with other leaders demanding immediate halt in the move for asylum to the Bangladeshi immigrants who came to Assam after 1972.
Good news for Guwahatians. Despite unending problems confronting Guwahati for the last couple of years, the premier north eastern city is going to a smart one if Tarun Gogoi is to be believed. The chief minister on Saturday asked his Urban development department to prepare the modalities of 'Smart City' as Guwahati has found a place in the list of 100 such cities envisioned by the Centre. Chief minister’s office sources told Assam Times that a 'Smart' city's urban competitiveness was enhanced by advanced technologies including Information and Communication Technology and other means. Gogoi further asked the urban development department to study the features of satellite...
The Supreme Court is expected to make a landmark judgment on Monday on steps to update NRC which help Assam detect and deport the Bangladeshi immigrants. A division bench of the apex court comprising Justice Ranjan Gogoi and Justice MY Eqbal is all set to the take up the petition bearing No 274/2009 moved by Assam Public Works demanding judiciary’s intervention to update the Nation Registrar of Citizens.
The Assam Human Rights Commission has written to Dispur seeking a report on the alleged failure to firmly deal with the outbreak of Japanese Encephalitis that killed atleast 100 people during that last couple of days. The state rights panel issued the notice to chief secretary JS Khosla taking a suo moto cognizance of a petition filed by Dr Zoii Nath Sarma alleging violation of human rights by the concerning authorities by not taking preventive measures. The Commission has asked for a report of the inclusive enquiry into the allegations within 30 days.
Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi has asked agriculture department to come up with measures to contain the situation. Gogoi on Friday asked for a report on it from Secretary Amlan Barua. This was followed by agriculture minister Nilamani Sen Deka’s meeting with senior officials of his department took stock of the situation prevailing in the eight districts following scanty rainfall. Deka directed the officials to take all possible measures to cope with the situation and sought detailed reports from the district Deputy Commissioners and the agriculture officials of the affected districts.
Majuli police on Friday captured an anti-talk faction ULFA militant two weeks ahead of the Independence Day. Identified as Deepak Patowary alias Deepak Bora, the 36 year old ULFA man was arrested in the wee hours during an operation in the river island. Acting on a tip off that an ULFA militant was hiding at Borguri Joorbil, police launched an operation on Thursday midnight where he was captured in the wee hours. Six ULFA(I) extortion notices and two mobile hand sets were recovered from the militant. He joined ULFA in 1996 and later surrendered in 2007 and returned to insurgency in 2011 by joining Paresh Baruah led ULFA(I) faction for recruitment and extortion drives in Majuli,...
Dissident camp is meeting on Saturday in Dispur to fine tune their strategies in the Assam Assembly. But they are unlikely to create any scene on the floor from Monday. The dissident legislators led by Dr Himanta Biswa Sarma have been trying to corner the chief minister Tarun Gogoi and his loyalists. But there has been steep fall in the number of the dissident camp where one after another legislators have been joining the Gogoi camp. Sources told Assam Times that the dissident camp is likely to remain silent following the recent attempt for patch-up between Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi and outgoing cabinet minister Dr Himanta Biswa Sarma. APYC president Piyush Hazarika,...
Three anti-talk ULFA militants were killed when a powerful bomb exploded inside a house where they stayed in Goalpara district on Friday. The incident took place inside a house in Mungrai village under Agia police station bordering Meghalaya in the morning where the trio died on the spot. According to police, it was an IED which went off where the militants stayed planning massive explosion in the run up to the Independence Day. /
In a bid to get rid of any dissidence in the upcoming Assam Assembly session, Congress will issue a three-line whip to its members in a day or two. Sources told Assam Times that chief whip Nilomoni Sendeka will issue the whip in the CLP meeting slated for Sunday to ensure that every ruling party legislator is present in the House for smooth passage of bills and the budget. Any legislator violating the whip would be liable to face strict disciplinary action such as expulsion and disqualification.
The Asom Gana Parishad will stage dharna in font of the Assam Assembly on Monday. AGP leaders told Assam Times that they would registrar protest against the move for seeking Centre’s nod for asylum to the Bangladeshi immigrants who came to Assam after 1972.
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